ieung

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{{Short description|Letter of the Korean Hangul alphabet}}

{{Infobox Hangul

|Hangul image = Korean Alphabet ieung.png

|rr = ieung

|mr = iŭng

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Ieung (sign: ㅇ; {{Korean|hangul=이응}}) is a consonant letter of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. It is silent when used at the beginning of a syllable (it is a consonant placeholder in vowel letters). However, ㅇ might take on the glottal stop {{IPA|[ʔ]}} sound on some occasions.{{Cite web |title=성문 파열음[?]에 대해 알아보자.glottal stop |url=http://m1.386dx.com/b/v/ilbe/436008/3 |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=m1.386dx.com |language=ko}} It takes on the {{IPAblink|ŋ}} sound when it is the ending consonant in a syllable.{{cite web|url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/korean.htm|title=Korean|publisher=Omniglot|accessdate=2021-10-20}}{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/KOR/Script+and+pronunciation|title=Script and pronunciation|publisher=University College London|accessdate=2021-10-20}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XMYgAwAAQBAJ|title=The Sounds of Korean|pages=XiX–XX|author=Jiyoung Shin, Jieun Kiaer, Jaeeun Cha|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2012|isbn=9781139789882}}